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John Harrison

Academic Title: Professor

Name: John Harrison

 

Department: Department of Civil Engineering

Department Website: http://www.civil.engineering.utoronto.ca/scripts/index_.asp

Institution: University of Toronto

 

Address: 35 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4
Canada

 

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Expertise: Professor Harrison joined the Department of Civil Engineering and the Lassonde Mineral Engineering Program in October 2010 from Imperial College, UK, as the Keck Chair of Engineering Rock Mechanics. His main research interests are in the unpredictability of the properties of fractured rock masses, particularly with regard to rock engineering design. He is currently the convenor of a pan-European group of experts that is investigating the future development of rock engineering design within the European geotechnical engineering design code Eurocode 7. A UK Chartered Civil Engineer, Professor Harrison has published many scientific papers, books and book chapters, and regularly acts as a consultant to the civil, mining and petroleum engineering sectors.

 

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